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So apparently Bricks and Minifigs is a thing. I thought it was just a dumb little made-to-fail Lego seller in my town. But I guess it's a chain? I finally went in and found myself building some minifigs.

From left to right:

Terrence Lightfoot - trusty ex-fireman mechanic. Likes his coffee.

Komissar Temnoshapka - Mid-boss level villain. Carries a standard issue space pistol. Cranky.

Royce - Original Red of my Lego super sentai team, in his original all-red gear and racing safety helmet. Shown with his original action-hero gun, prior to being upgraded when he founded the sentai group. Royce doesn't actually race cars, he just wears a racing helmet for protection. He needs to get a visor.

The place has been there for... I don't know, a year? I took off work early because I was sick and driving along feeling sorry for myself and drove by and turned around and went in.

I expected it to be like one of those kinda depressing comic shops: The kind that has a sparsely-stocked shelf of new comics you don't want, and then a shelf of older comics at laughable prices, and then boxes upon boxes of old comics nobody would ever want.

But it was actually more like a cool comic shop. They don't actually stock stuff you can get at any major store, just some older sets that might be popular at current market prices. But the biggest draw is their wide, shallow table/boxes of minifig parts, and bricks, and a table just for Bonkle bits.

They also have glass displays with existing minifigs at different prices. I'm not good enough to tell if they were fair prices, but they looked about right to me.

Interestingly, they also have a display of little baggies from Brick Warriors. They're a third party who makes armor and weapons and stuff for minifigs. They make a notable centaur body for use with minifig torsos.

Then there was a big box of bulk Duplo bricks. I didn't really take the time to look at those. I didn't even look at the pick-a-brick boxes much, just the minifigs.

I'm posting this on my DA account because photography with Lego has been my (feeble) artistic outlet for months and months. I can't wait to quit my current job.

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So apparently Bricks and Minifigs is a thing. I thought it was just a dumb little made-to-fail Lego seller in my town. But I guess it's a chain? I finally went in and found myself building some minifigs.

From left to right:

Terrence Lightfoot - trusty ex-fireman mechanic. Likes his coffee.

Komissar Temnoshapka - Mid-boss level villain. Carries a standard issue space pistol. Cranky.

Royce - Original Red of my Lego super sentai team, in his original all-red gear and racing safety helmet. Shown with his original action-hero gun, prior to being upgraded when he founded the sentai group. Royce doesn't actually race cars, he just wears a racing helmet for protection. He needs to get a visor.

The place has been there for... I don't know, a year? I took off work early because I was sick and driving along feeling sorry for myself and drove by and turned around and went in.

I expected it to be like one of those kinda depressing comic shops: The kind that has a sparsely-stocked shelf of new comics you don't want, and then a shelf of older comics at laughable prices, and then boxes upon boxes of old comics nobody would ever want.

But it was actually more like a cool comic shop. They don't actually stock stuff you can get at any major store, just some older sets that might be popular at current market prices. But the biggest draw is their wide, shallow table/boxes of minifig parts, and bricks, and a table just for Bonkle bits.

They also have glass displays with existing minifigs at different prices. I'm not good enough to tell if they were fair prices, but they looked about right to me.

Interestingly, they also have a display of little baggies from Brick Warriors. They're a third party who makes armor and weapons and stuff for minifigs. They make a notable centaur body for use with minifig torsos.

Then there was a big box of bulk Duplo bricks. I didn't really take the time to look at those. I didn't even look at the pick-a-brick boxes much, just the minifigs.

I'm posting this on my DA account because photography with Lego has been my (feeble) artistic outlet for months and months. I can't wait to quit my current job.